Fifteen-year-old Darya flees Iran for Los Angeles, seeking safety. She marries the charming Sam Lebon, only to discover his dark obsession. As his control turns violent, she makes a desperate escape-but knows he'll never stop hunting her.
Taratoa Stappard’s brooding debut feature plunges us into the dour moors of 1859 North Yorkshire, where the British Empire’s reach casts long and twisted shadows. Mary Stevens (Ariāna Osborne), a young Māori teacher from Aotearoa (New Zealand), arrives in search of family truths, only to find the man who summoned her already dead and no clear path home. Stranded in an unfamilia...